New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-21
INSURANCE MEN AT DINNER.
THE LIFE ASSOCIATION MEETS SOCIALLY.
MANY GUESTS AT THE HOTEL BRUNswIok-sPIRiT


MANY GUESTS AT THE HOTEL BRUNswIck-sPIhiT
or THE SPEECHES.
Tho frat annual meeting and Of the Life Insur'
anee Association OF New-York, an orsanSauon oi ITO
agents of Now City and is vicinity nav
na as is obIoct tho OF the interests OF life
took place yesterday at tho Hotel Brunswcx
Although tho association designed 10 eaa " Sone
practical reforms IN the life insurance business us w"A
for some tma to will probably be cohhhed mahiy
to social directions Life insurance agents are Reper'
pretty active fellows and compete with each other IN ne
yeest fashion Because great deal OF the competition
IN supposed to be due the lack of personal acquain
anco existing among them the Life Insurance Assoei
ton OF New which is the counterpart OF suar
socaons In several cities has been formed 1or ho
purpose Of bringing the agents together ana stimuas
good fellowship. Tho association will have monthly
meetings and dinners hereafter and tho gathering yeste
day beginning
The mombers and guests assembled IN tho parors OF
the hotel between and O'clock Among those present
were:
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Mutual spencer GSs' fs sssnt q the
MlS" hSnSHs ANN Charles
and GHG s d:dss
Lindsey rS9s s Nsisa J Lite
AuIas s S6 Mts?ssit S
Ma,1.Y STATE sp SSS.
q! Tn14 Tru states Peter ' Kennedy
e IsSs1rS s si'3ii
Es1s S. fsnn John
Brisio Northwestern Mutual LIES A. a. Dickinson
YORK ie W. O. Justice presaeny 81 Ia James T. Phelps
s
i Srs. Gs.Sn:
q, I FSaas SSE G.'Tss
" OVER Li9T1n q Lite
Wilson, @il, nHataSe LIFE John New Haven
pr Winston General raymond THt o cwars F. acdaro
81 SIs' f & 5sss
Johnson W1:ap % S Asin Te george T.
q BSisCn
Miller aetuary John John, :, rsSSs Of p0s
e. & %SF
sSs VIE p nT9s MS of npG% Pen"
Gambler william Wood ar, an Of Of Boston So.on Dr.
ayds OF srcoss URcS william ps5te,,Sn
Life Of Hartford and representatives, Of the insur
ance presa ,u., 49,.
down to dinner The acrdinncr speeches began by re
| marks by President Raymond, who said
wemeet to harmonic interests and advance the gre
hsN wsE look Se n~Sn Ss
m the public must confess % Pse are In ne assets
ys and every dollar earnest
@ Our abors are not Without their fruit 70 h
Community in which we I've anu for this purpose ar,
assembled together 800 - -,
The sentiment, 1.-THE Literature Of Life Insurance
was responded to by William II. Lambert OF fhiiauei
mia general agent OF the Mutual Life Insurance Com
| many Mr. Lambert spoke about rebates and confines
related several anecdotes and announced that he wouo
deal with the by saying nothing Whatever ABOUT "
He spoke satircay about the ideal theories OF Tue III
surance press In regard to what life insurance aseu"
ought to be- pointed out how agents failed 10 a'i
that standard He thought. Also that the tendency II
|
the sentiment of the business-ho widow and orphan
| and weeping willow falkland moro toward the invest
ment feature-that is inducements to the Insured U
| olive and win" In conclusion, nc specia'
" urged upon life insurance men every
where 10 form associations and become so vel
acquainted with another that present asperilie
David NJ Howay. of Boston, general agent OF tn tn
Provideot Life and Trust. responded 10 the toast IN
World OF Life Insurance He adduced statstcs SHOWN
that 1859 the life insurance business OF tne
small volume OF insurance written IA the n1e s
in that the amount ~ S wr Sam Written in the who'll
Colonel c. NJ Ransom Editor of Tie Standard Of Bos
ton was Introduced as "our modern Calico TIL
compliment the Colonel was due 70 the honor Wic
belongs to him OF being the original inventor OF NE N
s la had
business of life twice as easy OF ransacoh
Boston as it was five years ago. .. .o.,or,od % :,
eaceous doseerel by Colonel w H. Dyer superintendent
of agents the Berkshire Life Among other Things 'n
To add wrong TO wrong makes neither one Ilght.
its nonsense you know only nonsense you KNOW"
We will never bring peace by keeping the hsn"
But here banded together in honor and peace.
Let's see it that vile practices cease ,,.,...o
Then will business with honor and prOnt incfease-
No nonsen about that. you Know
The d" General Progress in Life Insurance was re
snonded to by Thomas NJ Russell president OF tne con
nectlcut General Life Insurance Company MT ,ussel
INDUCED In thirty years rerospec. au Uc nr es
den IN accumulate as much 100000 OF assets Nov
single company has one hundred and fourteen ,on
of nssets He excused what IA occasionally caled th
perssteuce OF life insurance agents, ana Una
Inc nersstent agent OF the best friends OF ne
average man IL there is anything" said MI Kussel
In which the average man Is weak Ill III MS KNOW
John Huntsnan of Providence prcsidentof the PROV
jdence Life Undcrwiters Association, Drought greethe
from Little Rhody and William Gage, vce,piesien
of the Michigan Life Underwriters Assocauon' oua
life insurance matters In Detroit IT., . ,,,,,,, -
| The toast Instruction 10 Agents called out WilnaI
stewart Of the Mutual Life, who traced the evoIuto
of Insurance from marine insurance 10 nre insurance
then 10 life Insurance He considered the latter one
" The Ethics OF Life Insurance" was responded 10 Dj
c. D. Lakey, associate editor OF insurance r,on
pany, of England, who was the father o
the compact In fire insurance, which recent!
was heton 70 @ Hail said that
| had come to the dinner because he UNDERSTOOD ina
speeche were be limited to nve minutes and 70 nm
IL would be delightful and novel sailsIaouoh 70 iu
life Insurance man combining the duration OF MS reai
10 five minutes. He hoped life insurance agents WON.
have happier experienced in their attempts to unto thai
New York ire underwriters had had rx,,
Of Bostop general agent Of the Washington Le and
c. Hlne, Editor Of The Insurance Mcntor, VINO spo \.
about The Press. referring mainly 10 the heid oi ~
suranoe journalism